The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-08-27
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

Blue grass and clover make excel
lent pasture for swine.
If you have no dark place for the
fruit cans, wrap each one separately in
heavy paper.
Mr. Wilmer Atkinson thinks that
before many years nut grove will be
considered requisite of every weli-or-
dered farm.
A Cure for Weakness of Nerves:
People suffering from weakness OF
nerves should seek relief in eating
largely of celery (bleached celery
whom not in season. onions.
To Preserve Stakes: To preserve
stakes, posts, etc, placed in the earth,
from going rotten or decaying, one dips
the'ends of them in the following mix
ture: Heat three gallons of tar in an
iron pot, then add one pound of lime
and one pound of coal powder, and stir
thoroughly.
Spice Cake: One and one-half cup
fuls of buttermilk, one and one-half
cupfuls of brown sugar, one-fourth cup
full of butter or shortening, one tea
spoonful of soda, one teaspoonful each
of cinnamon, cloves, allspice and two
and one-half to three cupfuls of flour,
accordingly to the richness of the but
termilk. Boston Budgct.
Iced Tea: For each person allow
one teaspoonful of black tea, pour boil
ing water upon it and let it stand where
it will draw for ten minutes; cool it
in a refrigerator, or on the bottom of
the cellar. When ready to serve,
sweeten, enrich with cream and pour
upon bits of ice in q glass. Farmer
ami Manufacturer
The lessons the farmer learns by
experience are good but expensive.
The person who has not been trained
to habits of observation can hardly be
expected to be any thing else but slow
scholar, even in. learning the habits
and nature of objects by which he is
daily surrounded. Farm, Field and
StOckman.
1t is not at all uncommon to see
people scratching the passages into the
ears with pins, especially hairpins,
toothpicks, ear scoops, pencils, etc.
The habit is a very dangerous one.
Many cases of serious inflammation of
the ear and permanent deafness have
resulted from it. The advice, never
put anything into your ear but the end
of your elbow" ought to be needed
GOOH HonSeEee,1jj7d
"A correspondent of the English
Mechanic gives the following remedy
for rheumatism which he has tried with
success: One quart of milk, quite hot,
into which stir one ounce of alum this
makes curd and whey. Battle the part
affected with the whey until too cold.
In the meantime keep the curds hot,
and after bathing put them on as a
poultice, wrap in flannel, and-go to
sleep you CAM. Three applications
should be q perfect cure, even in
aggravated cases.
The best place to store honey when
removed from the hives is in hot, we'll
ventilated rooms. Some cellars may
do, but 1 have none in which the honey
will not in time get thin, break the
Gaping and run from the boxes, and
extracted honey grows thin and bub-
bling. One year, while experimenting
to find suitable place for storage,
some was put in an empty chamber,
some in the cellar, and a portion put
on the top of a cupboard in the kitchen,
where coal fire was kept, and the
thermometer at times in the porch adj
joining indicated 100 : in the shade. In
the latter place the honey kept perfect
ly, and in the others grew watery. ooz-
ing from the combs Boston Globe.